Interprofessional (IP) practice and education are important when seeking to respond to the
growing demand for primary and preventive care services. Multiple professions with …

Importance In its mission to improve health, the US Preventive Services Task Force
(USPSTF) recognizes the strong relationship between a person's health and social and …

Chronic diseases are a tremendous burden to both patients and the health care system. In
2014, 60% of adult Americans had at least one chronic disease or condition, and 42% had …

The transition to a value-based payment system offers pathologists the opportunity to play
an increased role in population health by improving outcomes and safety as well as …

Preventive health care use can reduce the risk of disease, disability, and death. Thus, it is
critical to understand factors that shape preventive care use. A growing body of research …

Healthcare is a service setting where meeting the needs of customers (patients and their
families) is uniquely challenging. But the necessity, complexity, cost, and high-emotion …

Background Translating research into practice is complex for clinicians, yet essential for high
quality patient care. The field of implementation science evolved to address this gap by …

Objective To establish an enterprise initiative for improving health and health care through
interoperable electronic health record (EHR) innovations. Materials and Methods We …

Patients at risk for hepatocellular carcinoma or liver cancer should undergo semiannual
screening tests to facilitate early detection, effective treatment options at lower cost, better …

We examined the associations between a sense of purpose and all-cause mortality by
gender and race/ethnicity groups. Data were from the Health and Retirement Study, a …